Player Dossier

2012-2016

Central Michigan

Joe Bacci

RB • 6'1" • Romeo, MI, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Joe Bacci leans balanced backfield option traits and 62.5 efficiency.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

12

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

4

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

22

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Central Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Central Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Player Story

Joe Bacci built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a running back from Romeo, MI wearing No. 40, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of Joe Bacci's career was his receiving role: 33...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.7633

Romeo · Romeo, MI

Committed To
Central Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Joe Bacci, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Central Michigan. Joe Bacci leans balanced backfield option traits and 62.5 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
281
Receiving yards
281
Touchdowns
4

Quick Answers

Joe Bacci quick answers

Latest team and position
Central Michigan · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
281
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 24 games
Best season
2014 Postseason · Central Michigan
Top game
Virginia
Recruit profile
2-star · Romeo · Central Michigan
High school pipeline
Romeo · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 40 · Class 2016
2016 Scrimmage yards rank
84 scrimmage yards · RB 415th (top 73%) · Mid-American 131st (top 65%) · National 1,424th (top 60%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00000-
2013 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00000-
2014 PostseasonCentral Michigan921021060.5
2014 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan91270127160.5
2015 PostseasonCentral Michigan9000022.8
2015 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan949049322.8
2016 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan684084042.2

Related Context

Joe Bacci played RB for Central Michigan. Across 5 tracked seasons, Joe Bacci recorded 281 receiving yards and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Central Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason

Central Michigan paired 148 primary output with 69 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 62.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Loss with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Regular Season · Central Michigan

Games

6

Scrimmage Yards / G

14

Efficiency

62.5

Usage

2.6

Consistency

42

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma State: 7. UNLV: 16. Virginia: 41. Ball State: 12. Northern Illinois: 6. Eastern Michigan: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oklahoma State: 1 by 58.3. UNLV: 1 by 100. Virginia: 3 by 100. Ball State: 2 by 50. Northern Illinois: 1 by 50. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 16.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins10.3 · Games = 4 · -11.3 vs Losses
Losses21.5 · Games = 2 · +11.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

6 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Virginia

Best efficiency game

100 vs Virginia

Result
Wed 11/23@ Eastern MichiganL 21-26122
Sat 10/15@ Northern IllinoisW 34-28166
Sat 10/8vs Ball StateW 24-212126
Sat 9/24@ VirginiaL 35-4934113.7
Sat 9/17vs UNLVW 44-2111616
Sat 9/10@ Oklahoma StateW 30-27177

Player Story

Joe Bacci story

Joe Bacci built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a running back from Romeo, MI wearing No. 40, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of Joe Bacci's career was his receiving role: 33 catches, 281 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns across 24 career games in the available record. His career also includes 10 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Joe Bacci's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Central Michigan

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2012201320142014201520152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan0
2013 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00
2014 PostseasonCentral Michigan148692.5148
2014 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan148692.50
2015 PostseasonCentral Michigan4928.12.3-99
2015 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan4928.12.30
2016 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan8462.52.635

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Virginia

Week 4 · L 35-49

Loss with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

71.5 takeover

41 scrimmage yards and 5.1 usage.

#2

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 10 · W 38-7 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

69.3 takeover

Win with 33 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

33 scrimmage yards and 2.8 usage.

#3

@ Northern Illinois

Week 7 · W 34-17 · Conference game

27

Scrimmage Yards

63.5 takeover

Win with 27 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

27 scrimmage yards and 3 usage.

#4

vs Miami (OH)

Week 12 · W 34-27 · Conference game

23

Scrimmage Yards

58.6 takeover

Win with 23 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

23 scrimmage yards and 3.6 usage.

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@ Purdue

Week 2 · W 38-17

21

Scrimmage Yards

56.3 takeover

Win with 21 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

21 scrimmage yards and 1.9 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2014 Postseason · Central Michigan

148 primary output · 69 efficiency · 2.5 usage

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#2

2014 Regular Season · Central Michigan

60.5

148 primary · 69 efficiency · 2.5 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Central Michigan

42.2

84 primary · 62.5 efficiency · 2.6 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

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2+ TD games